The Bettie Bandwagon, Models & Her Bday: A Historical Reaction

I never did jump on "The Bettie Bandwagon" myself, and not denying she was gorgeous and is still one of the longer running symbols of modern pop culture even in this present time. Personally though, with millions of young ladies out there these days calling themselves "models"... Whatever, sorry girls, get over yourselves, you're a dime, hell, maybe even a nickle a dozen, and you're aging fast and all of you, insecure, neurotic little tarts with your deep-seated daddy issues had best figure that out and come to terms with that soon, cause time is NOT on your side, and reality and nature hits hard, my dears... With that said, I love history more than I like pin up models. Don't get me wrong, I still like pin up models, vintage ones too, and that includes Bettie! Well, here's some a little bit of both: Bettie Page’s mugshot from October 29th 1972. Many of Bettie’s fans don’t seem to know that she left the pinup world and became a religious fanatic. Years later she was diagnosed as schizophrenic and eventually spent over 11 years in a state mental institution because she stabbed three people. A husband and wife the first time, and her 66 year old roommate the second time because she said “God inspired her to do it”.

I decided to throw in a young Bettie pin up to be fair, I mean it IS her birthday and all!